Letters to the Editor
arthurlee66
Published Letters: 32 Editor's Choice: 1
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Wouldn't it be Hagee?!?
[Read the article: George Bush is John McCain's Rev. Wright]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Wouldn't McCain's equivalent to Wright be the Reverend John Hagee? You know the one who says the Catholic church is the whore of babylon? And that sin is to blame for Hurricane Katrina? Yes, let's just let this nutcase get a free ride while we all pile on Obama.
We get the government we deserve. Fuck this country.
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question about the coalition.
[Read the article: What does Hillary want?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I understand when people say Obama's apparent coalition of the young, liberals and blacks isn't enough to win in Nov. I am an Obama supporter in Oregon. I have a real question, I'm not trolling or trying to stir up something.
I keep hearing that just because Obama won a particular state's Democratic primary doesn't mean he has a chance of carrying that state in the general election in Nov. Now I can follow that logic with some of the Mountain states Obama won, like Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, etc. There's just more registered Republicans there than Democrats so there's no chance he'll win.
But what I don't understand is, with his huge wins in the Southern states, isn't it possible that Obama could carry some of these states in November? I mean the South has been a Republican lock ever since Civil Rights in the 60s. But aren't there many more blacks than whites in most of the Southern states? Isn't Dem voter registration through the roof? I don't buy this "We don't need the middle class whites, our new coalition is enough" that supposedly some Obama supporters are spouting, but if Obama carried a few of the Southern states that the Republicans usually win, wouldn't that offset any losses in other states due to working class whites being turned off by Obama's campaign? I know I haven't phrased this very well. Basically my question is: is it so inconceivable that Obama might carry some of the Deep South states in Nov?
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Southern Strategy
[Read the article: What does Hillary want?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]walter_map said "Yes. Good thing, too. It may not actually be possible to win the presidency without carrying at least a couple of Southern states. This is why the last three Democratic winners have been from the South."
Exactly. It seems like ever since Civil Rights there is no way for anyone even slightly left of center to win without appealing to the South. Pretty sad situation where the leadership of a nation hinges on not offending some ignorant racists. (I'm NOT saying all in the South are such, just an oversimplification I embrace when feeling overwhelmed and hopeless.) The last Dem president to NOT have a Southern accent was JFK.
OK. So say Obama hangs onto the states Kerry won and then adds an Alabama and a Georgia or two. Game over, right?
I'm just happy because it seems like this is an ingenious way to get over the stranglehold the Southern Conservatives have held our Party in for 40+ years now. Use their racism against them. I mean with the Dem voter registation we've been seeing, if all those people turn out for Obama, who cares what the conservatives in the mountain states think. And I'm not so sure we can totally count Obama out in MT either. Lot of independent minded folk in that state.
I would also like to add my voice to those complementing Salon on the quality of this article.
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playing fast and loose with vote totals
[Read the article: In Iowa, Obama reaches toward victory ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Madden says Clinton's dubious math to claim she's leading in the popular vote doesn't count the "millions who voted for uncommitted" in Michigan, where Obama wasn't on the ballot. Uh... my check of the npr.org election page shows just under 280 thousand votes for "uncommitted". That's not even one million, let alone millions.
And while we're talking numbers of votes, Iowa's a fricking caucus and only a few thousand voters even took part in the Democratic caucus there. So I don't think Iowa is some thundering voice of the people.
I'm an Obama supporter in Oregon, where he just won, but with the Kentucky and Indiana losses, and PA, etc. I realize he has a prob with the Nascar set that needs to be dealt with. But making up numbers doesn't make that problem go away.
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"sword swallowing"?!
[Read the article: Obama's best veep choice]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I did not read any further. Why do you publish this trash?
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oscar not for directing.
[Read the article: Don't call her Mrs. Corleone]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sofia Coppola didn't win the oscar for best director. It was for best original screenplay. Duh.
Does anyone fact check these articles before publication?
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@ Cow Head Soup
[Read the article: Bedtime for "Gonzo" ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Say what you will. At least HST's writing was capable of making me laugh. More than I can say for your gimmicky overblown vebiage.
Are you sure you're not bebop-o or good celery?
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"something's happening here and you don't know what it is, do you ... Ms. Paglia"
[Read the article: Who are you calling a "coot"? ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Like I'd value Camille Paglia's opinion on rock music any more than I would her opinion on politics. But all those British bands she lists got the idea that they could write their own material and people would give a shit from Bob Dylan. Every single one of those bands was heavily influenced by Dylan and have said so in interviews. I don't mean he influenced their sound so much, although many of those bands did ape his style occasionally, but that his originality, creativity, and general "not giving a shit about the public reaction" attitude gave those bands the license to explore and experiment with their own artistic expression. Heck, he set the pace in the sixties. He went psychedelic, everyone else went psychedelic. He mellowed out and got in touch with the country and everyone else did, etc, etc.
You'd think a writer would get that. The power of words, etc you know?
And what does "greatest" rock band mean anyway? Most fun to listen to at a party? Most influential on other bands? It's totally subjective.
And everyone knows the best American rock band of the sixties was the Velvet Underground.